Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10604, Joseph Eaton, N.H.

SERVICE
NUMBER
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Caton, Joseph
S10604.
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2243
New Hampshire
Joseph Eaton
of Grenfell in the State of N.H. who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain [blank] of the Reg't commanded by [blank] in the [blank] line for [blank] 8 [blank]
Inserted on the Roll of [blank] at the rate of [blank] Dollars 88 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 th day of [blank] 1832 and Sent [blank] Bran [blank] N.H.
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 $ 31.52 Pemi-unt. allowance ending [blank] 0.44 $ 31.96
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by [blank] Clerk, Book [blank] Vol. [blank] Page [blank]

64148
Joseph Eaton
8547

STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
County of Hillsborough, ss.
On this
30th
day of August A.D. 1832
Francetown personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Probate, now sitting at within and for the County of Hillsborough, in the State aforesaid, Joseph Eaton a resident of the town of Greenfield in said county aged 75 years
Who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That is to say,
About the last of August or first of September 1776 he enlisted for three months and served said term out in Capt John Galf, company of Col. Folsom's regiment, in which Joseph Welch was Lieutenant Colonel. The company met at White Plains and immediately after the battle of White Plains it was in the command of Lieut Col. Welch till his time was out. A part of the regiment was at Fishkill and the other part in New York. The name of the Major of the Regiment was Grafton & the Lieutenant of his company was Benjamin Taylor
The next year about the same time of year, that is about the last of August or first of September 1777, he enlisted again for three months and served the term out in Capt. Gurney's company in Col. Drake's Regiment. In said Regiment the other officers of the Regiment were Lieut Col. Grafton & Major Wiggins. He went first to Bennington & was marched from that place to Stillwater & there joined the army after the first battle at that place & before the second. remained with the army till after the surrender of Burgoyne then marched to Albany & remained there till his time was out

He was born at Sandown, New Hampshire August 17 1757 - has no record of his age - lived in Sandown when he was called into the service - and since the Revolutionary War has lived in Sandown in some house for nearly a part of 80 years land by 6 more Greenfield. He never received any written discharge as he recollects. William Whittcomb & Jacob Richardson Esquires are persons in his present neighborhood who can testify as to his character for veracity & their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution.
There is no clergyman in Greenfield except a young man who has lately come into the place with us - I am almost uneducated
He relinquishes every claim, whatever, to a pension or annuity, whatever, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll, of the agency of any State, and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Joseph Eaton
Sworn to
Colman Parker Judge of Probate
We Moses Bradford a Clergyman residing in the town of Frankstown in the county of Hillsborough aforesaid, and Ebenezer Harrington residing in Greenfield in the county aforesaid, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Joseph Eaton who has subscribed and sworn to the above, and that we believe him to be 75 years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier in the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid,
Moses Bradford Ebenezer Harrington
Colman Parker Judge of Probate
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that after the investigation of the matter, and putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them, that Moses Bradford who has signed the preceding Certificates is a Clergyman resident in the town of Frankstown and that Ebenezer Harrington who has signed the same, is a resident in the town of Greenfield - and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Colman Parker
Judge of Probate for said County of Hillsborough.
I CHARLES H. ATHERTON, Register of the court, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Joseph Eaton for a pension.
thirteenth
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said court, this day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two.
C. Atherton
Register of Probate for said county of Hillsborough.

STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
County of Hillsborough, ss.
At the Court aforesaid, On the application aforesaid, the following interrogatories were propounded to the said Joseph Eaton and the following answers given, to wit:
1. Where, and in what year were you born?
Answer, at Sandown New Hampshire since August 17. 1757
2. Have you any record of your age, and where is it?
Answer, I have no record
3. Where were you living, when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live? Answer, I lived at Sandown - & since the war in the place where I now live - formerly a part of Society Land now Greenfield
4. How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and if a substitute, for whom? Answer, I enlisted
5. State the names of some of the regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served, such Continental and Militia Regiments, as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service!
Answer, I believe I have stated all the particular required by the interrogatory as far as I recollect them, in my foregoing declaration
6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? Answer, I never received any as I recollect
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a Soldier of the Revolution?
Answer, William Whittier - Joseph Richardson Esquire of Greenfield.
Certified by
C. H. Eastman
Register

Nathaniel H. Salton Act 7 th June 1832 M. Hampshire
Admitted.

STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
Hillsborough, ss.
AT A COURT OF PROBATE HOLDEN AT
Concord
in said County, on the Third day of
May
in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and forty  fifty three
Before the Hon. LUKE WOODBURY , Judge, &c.
William G. Clarke
It was proved to the satisfaction of the Court,
That Joseph Dole late of Greenfield in said County, died at said Concord on the second day of May 1853.
That at the time of his decease he was a REVOLUTIONARY PENSIONER, of the United States, under the act of A. D. 18
That he left no children but the following children Naomi Dole A. Paton daughter of Naomi Dole Abigail Dole daughter of Naomi Dole now living of Concord, N.H.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of said Court at Concord aforesaid, this Third day of May A. D. 1853
Geo. H. Moore Register of Probate.

State of New Hampshire County of Hillsborough
Be it Known, that on this Tenth day of April A. D. 185 3 before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Nathaniel H. Eaton
resident of Greenfield in said County, and made oath according to law that: he is son of the identical Joseph Eaton whose name, under Act of 1832 has been placed on the New Hampshire Pension Roll at the rate of about $20 Twenty one Dollars per annum.
That he is credibly informed that the said Pension may and ought to be increased from its commencement and during its continuance; that he is directly interested as a claimant in said increase, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.
Countermanding and revoking all Powers of Attorney and authority heretofore given, I hereby constitute and appoint SAMUEL M. KNIGHT , of Washington City, my true and lawful Attorney to prosecute the claim of Joseph Eaton for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or INCREASE OF PENSION , that may be due; and for the purpose of establishing additional service by the soldier for whose military duty in the Revolution the aforesaid Pension was granted, I hereby authorize my said Attorney to apply for and obtain from State archives or other sources, certified proofs of such service. To examine all papers or documents in relation to said service on file in the Departments at Washington City or elsewhere; to file additional evidence or arguments, and to receive for my benefit the Certificate for INCREASE which may be issued in satisfaction of said claim, which certificate I wish made payable at the Pension Agency of this State; to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed, and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Agent and Attorney shall lawfully do in the premises.
Nathaniel H. Eaton
Sworn to, Subscribed and Acknowledged before me the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that I believe the said Nathaniel H. Eaton to be directly interested in said claim as set forth, and to be the identical party therein alleged, in whose claim I am in no wise interested.
Charles Richardson Justice of the Peace
State of New Hampshire County of Hillsborough
It is Hereby Certified, That satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me, Clerk of the Court of The Court of Common Pleas in said County that Joseph Eaton late of Greenfield was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, at the rate of $8 per annum,* and that he died on the Second day of December Eighteen Hundred and Forty four leaving surviving the following named ( children and ) children and none other, to wit: Nathaniel H. Eaton  Josephine Brewster  Lyman Forest  Henry Martin & Polly Hovey
It is further certified that Charles Richardson Esq. before whom the preceding affidavit and Power of Attorney were made and acknowledged, was at the time of so doing a duly authorized Justice of the Peace in and for said county, and that the signature purporting to be his, I believe to be genuine; and further, that in the within claim for Increase of Pension I am in no degree interested.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office, this Tenth day of May 185 3
Perley Dodge Clerk
1. Name or names in full. 2. Post Office address. 3. "He is," or "that she is the," or "that she is the widow of," or "that he, she, or they are the child or children of," &c. 4. Pensioner's full name. 5. State the Act if known. 6. Give the State where pensioned. 7. Name the yearly amount received. 8. "He is," "she is," or "they are." 9. Claimant's signature. 10. Magistrate's signature. *If the Pensioner be living, this part of the Clerk's certificate should be omitted. 11. Here name each of the survivors. 12. Magistrate's name. 13. Clerk's signature. N. B.—Should two or more heirs join in the foregoing, the plural should be substituted for the singular number.

No 8547- Joseph Eaton
Princeton
6 March & 8 May
22.00
520.88.
Titus Brown
in H Atkinson
Frances
11 1/2

No 8547
BRIEF in the case of Joseph Eaton — of Greenfield — in the State of New Hampshire — (Act 7 June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? open court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 75.  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 1776 Sept — 3. — As a Private Gen. Washington — Col. Gash   about the last of Augt or 1 st Sept 1777 — 3 8 — " Clinton — Veasey   for Rollof new  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Sandown  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional —  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Samuel Potts Examining Clerk.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
 BUREAU OF PENSIONS. 
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of _____ a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
    DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Aug. Sept. 1876 3 mos. Col. John G. Dief Trull Neb.   Aug. Sept. 1877 3 mos. John G. Dief Trull           
Battles engaged in, New Britain
Residence of soldier at enlistment, San Antonio, Tex.
Date of application for pension, June 3rd 1882
Residence at date of application, Greenfield, Franklin Co., N.H.
Age at date of application, to Aug. 17, 1767 in Sandown N.H.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

24-1-1905
Rev. Sec CW Pension Dept. Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen,
Will you kindly advise me if Joseph Eaton, of New Hampshire, (son of Ezekiel and Mary Eaton) who served as a Private in the Revolutionary War, was a pensioner and also his date of birth and death ?
I find the name of Joseph Eaton, private, on "Pay roll of Capt. Ezra Currier's Company in Col. Abraham Dinsmore's Regm. of N.H. Militia raised to re-inforce the Continental Army near Stillwater, Sept 1777. (Early Sept. 8, 1777.)" Also on

"muster Roll of a Portion of Col. Drake's Regm. Men mustered by Col. Josiah Bartlett, Oct. 1777. (Gen. Whipple) (Joseph Eaton - Place of abode, Sandown, N.H.)" but understand he went from Greenfield N.H.
Thanking you in advance for this information, and if there is any charge will remit. Sinc,
Respectfully,
(Mrs.) Edward H. Reed, 97 Sylvan St.,
February 28, 1921.
Dover. Mass.

Lowell, Mass. July 7, 1903.
W. I. Pension Office,
Sir:-
Will you kindly send me all information obtainable in relation to Joseph Eaton who fought in '76, & then in the battle of Bunker Hill . And oblige,
Very truly yours, (Miss) Eva Scharsell.
238 London Street.
Joseph Eaton originally came from N.H. or Vermont.

July 14-1903, Skitch to Miss Eva Beharnell Lowell Mass
1921, Apl. 2 Hist-lic Mrs. Edward H. Reed - En.
See 1903
1060 INVALID.
File No. 1060
Joseph Eaton Brn. Rev. War.
Act: June 7 1832
Index:—Vol. 2, Page 108
[Arrangement of 1870.]